MUSSELpdb

Taxonomy

Margaritiferidae

Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy

Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family

Geography

Central America

Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
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Data last updated
Thu 22 January 2026

Bivalvia | Unionida | Unionoidea | Unionidae | Ambleminae | Lampsilini | Delphinonaias

species Delphinonaias largillierti (Philippi, 1847): specimens

4 available nominal species synonyms

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Delphinonaias delphinulus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Zieritz et al. (2013)
Delphinonaias paludosa — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010)
Delphinonaias planivalvis — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Czaja et al. (2023)
Potamilus largillierti — Graf & Cummings (2007)
Delphinonaias largillierti — Graf & Cummings (2021), Czaja et al. (2023), Cummings et al. (2025)

Range

Yucatan, Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

specimens map of Delphinonaias largillierti

MUSSELp Specimen Records

Belize

UF_424038 E Side Indian River Lagoon, across from Indian Church and Lamanai, Orange Walk Disctrict, Belize 17.7496, -88.6528	UF_257491 New River, Orange Walk, Orange Walk District, Belize	UF_517942 Rio Bravo, Bahia de Chetumal Cedar Crossing on Gallon Jug Rd., Rio Bravo Cons. Area Orange Walk District, Belize ~18°N, ~87°W
FMNH_113136 Rio Hondo, 0.75 mi N Botes, British Honduras

Guatemala

BMNH_93-2-4-1588 Lac de Flores, Peten, Guatemala	BMNH_93-2-4-1588 Lac de Flores, Peten, Guatemala	MNHN_IM_2000-1672 Marias du Rio Usumacinta; dans les Marecages [swamps] du Yucatan
MNHN_IM_2000-1672 Marias du Rio Usumacinta; dans les Marecages [swamps] du Yucatan	BMNH_93-2-4-2025 pres du Rio Usumacinta, Dept. Peten, Guatemala	BMNH_93-2-4-2025 pres du Rio Usumacinta, Dept. Peten, Guatemala
BMNH_93-2-4-2025 pres du Rio Usumacinta, Dept. Peten, Guatemala

Honduras

AMS_126902
Honduras. Dubious record.

USNM_83936
Honduras. Dubious record.

Mexico

UF_270339 [Yucatan, Mexico]	USNM_162451 Chiapas, Mexico	USNM_162451 Chiapas, Mexico
ZMA_210649 Data misinterpreted as “Tabas County, United States”	INHS_90933 Laguna de Catazaja, Gulf of Mexico - Grijalva - Usumacinta, Catazajá, Chiapas, Mexico	UF_164062-63 Laguna de Las Leonas, 10 km S Balacan, Tabasco, Mexico
SMF_12409 Laguna de los Pinos, Chiapas, Mexico	ZMB_MP_0517 Laguna de los Pinos, Chiapas, Mexico	AMS_102112 - 11 marsh, 19.6 mi SW Januata, Tabasco, Mexico [from Fred Thompson 3-2011; FGT 368. Tabasco, marsh 19.8 mi. SE of Jonuta; June 6, 1965]
USNM_161478 Montecristo, Tabasco, Mexico	USNM_161479 Montecristo, Tabasco, Mexico	USNM_161479 Montecristo, Tabasco, Mexico
BMNH_93-2-4-2024 propre San Geronimo, Yucatan	BMNH_93-2-4-2024 propre San Geronimo, Yucatan	BMNH_93-2-4-2024 propre San Geronimo, Yucatan
INHS_91065 Rio Chacamax, Gulf of Mexico - Grijalva - Usumacinta - Chacamax, La Libertad, Chiapas, Mexico	MCZ_155569 San Geronimo, Campeche, Mexico. “Interior of Yucatan” according to the MCZ database	ZMB_MP_0524 Tabasco
BMNH_1952-10-30-134 Yucatan	BMNH_1907-10-28-182 Yucatan	BMNH_93-2-4-1589 Yucatan, Marias de S. Geronimo
BMNH_MP_XXX Yucatan, Marias de S. Geronimo

COMA_B.0837. Rio González, Laguna del Horizonte, Tabasco, México

unknown

MNHN_MP_1290
[no locality available - Central America]

BMNH_45-9-26-87-89
Central America

USNM_83937
Central America

Genbank Vouchers

There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.